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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Licence to Kill (1989) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Licence to Kill (1989) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989).
About the movie:
James Bond leaves Her Majesty's Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
"Whip It" was written by
Shauna Cross
, a former Roller Derby skater with the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. Cross skated under the name Maggie Mayhem with a team of rouge cops called the Sirens. Many of the teams, skaters, names and plot lines were inspired by Cross time with the Derby Dolls.
b.
William Styron
s second novel, "Set This House on Fire", describes a film crew on location - obviously based on director
John Huston
and gang during the shooting of this film. The town in the novel is Ravello on Italys Amalfi Drive, where most of the film was shot.
c.
The real Chuck Gieg and Tod Johnstone went on to fight in the Vietnam War, three years after the Albatross sank. Both returned safely.
d.
Governor
Bob Martinez
of the state of Florida presented
Albert R. Broccoli
,
Michael G. Wilson
and head of marketing
Charles Juroe
each with the Great Seal of the State of Florida during a months filming at Key West. The Governor also won a walk-on part in the film as a customs officer at the Key West airport.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
Although having been given a brief crash course on using the 16mm camera, Joshua Leonard struggled to focus using it for the first few days of filming. This is why the interview with Mary Brown is of such poor focus and incredibly grainy.
b.
Making their final appearances with the James Bond series:
Richard Maibaum
(writer),
John Glen
(director),
Maurice Binder
(title design),
Robert Brown
as M and
Caroline Bliss
as Moneypenny. Not to mention
Timothy Dalton
as James Bond.
c.
Julianne Moore
was originally attached to play Deirdre Burroughs.
d.
The town of Superior, Arizona, actually exists and has also been the filming location for
The Prophecy
, starring
Christopher Walken
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
Felixs bride Dellas wedding dress was made of re-embroidered French Llace adorned with seed pearls and opal sequins. Two versions of the dress had to be made because the scenes where Della is attacked were filmed before the wedding sequence. Therefore, 17 meters of the material had to be located at $150 a meter. The Leiters bridal car was a white Lincoln Limousine.
b.
Linda Connell, who plays Sally, was the daughter of Director of Photography W. Merle Connell who shot this film. It was her only film role.
c.
The opening Screen Gems logo reverses back to merge into the Rainforest Films logo.
d.
After seeing
Chris Cunningham
s work on
Judge Dredd
,
Stanley Kubrick
head-hunted Chris Cunningham to design and supervise animatronic tests of the central robot child character in his version of the film A.I. Cunningham worked for over a year on the film A.I., before leaving to pursue a career as a director.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
Wednesday bitterly quips that "Chippewa" in Camp Chippewa means "orphan". This is pure sarcasm; Chippewa is actually a form of the name Ojibwa (a Native American nation), the original meaning of which is unknown.
b.
John Turturro
based his performance on the films cinematographer
Barry Sonnenfeld
.
c.
The project was originally entitled "Licence Revoked" and teaser artwork was produced with this title. Among the reasons for changing the title was to avoid confusion with the 1981 James Bond novel, "Licence Renewed," written by
John Gardner
(who ended up writing a novel based on this film as well). Licence Renwed means the exact opposite of Licence Revoked. Another reason for the change was that "license revoked" denotes losing ones driving privileges in the USA. Taglines for "Licenced Revoked" included "Youre looking at the worlds most wanted man" and "Dismissed. Disgraced. Dishonored. Deadly." In the movie, when M says to James Bond, "Your Licence to kill is revoked", both titles are referenced at the same time. After a minor controversy as to whether the British or American spelling ("licence" or "license") would be used in the title, the British spelling won out.
d.
Foley recording of cadets was done during filming during normal daily activities. Cadet marching was recorded during parade practice, requiring extra marching by cadets and adding to the disruption of daily life.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
According to
John Huston
s autobiography, this is the movie that nearly drove
Tom Tryon
out of the acting business. He had heard rumors of
Otto Preminger
s demanding nature, and was understandably nervous. Preminger saw this, and instead of trying to reassure the agitated Tryon, first chewed him out for his fears in front of other cast members, then walked behind him and screamed "RELAX!" in his ear. Tryon reportedly almost quit that day, but castmates talked him out of it.
b.
In the movie, Jim Younger is portrayed as being younger in age than Bob Younger. In reality, it was the reverse.
c.
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
played President Hector Lopez, named after
Héctor López
, production supervisor in Mexico. Armendarizs father
Pedro Armendáriz
played Kerim Bay in
From Russia with Love
.
d.
Jane Powell (I) and
Kathryn Grayson
both received credit for introducing the same movie song in the same year. Showcased in two Technicolor productions from
Joe Pasternak
is the sprightly refrain, "Love Is Where You Find It" (music by
Nacio Herb Brown
, lyrics by
Earl K. Brent
). Miss Powells rendition comes early in this film, and Miss Grayson has been praised by movie fans and critics for the best song performance in the lavish costume musical,
The Kissing Bandit
. While Miss Powell had no commercial disc for sale, MGM Records issued as a single Miss Graysons prerecordings of this lilt and another song from her vehicle, "Whats Wrong With Me?" (music by Brown, lyrics by
Edward Heyman
). Kathryns two vocals grace a CD devoted to her, called "My Heart Sings," released by Flare, a British label.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
At the time it was filmed, the movie had the largest painted scenic backdrop ever used in a film.
b.
As part of her preparation for the role,
Jodie Foster
read the same books that
François Truffaut
read when he was prepping his similarly themed film
Lenfant sauvage
. Foster, being fluent in French, read them in their original language.
c.
During one of the final scenes, Henry Hill opens his front door and picks up a newspaper. Close inspection reveals that the newspaper is the Youngstown Vindicator.
Martin Scorsese
included it as an homage to Youngstown, Ohio, which has been called Mobtown USA.
d.
The Banco de Isthmus was filmed at Mexicos main post office, an old elaborate building of European styling. A real bank in Mexico called Bancomer denied permission to shoot there because it was felt that the image of the bank in the movie would be affected by the fictional money laundering story elements.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
Christopher Buckley
(who wrote the original novel) can be seen at the metro station reading Heathers article about Nick.
b.
Richard Maibaum
suggested
Robert Davi
to play the part of Franz Sanchez after seeing him in
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
.
c.
Even though
Hermes Pan
is the credited choreographer on the film, the steamy duet between
Bob Fosse
and
Carol Haney
in "From This Moment On" (which includes Fosse doing a complete back-flip) was choreographed by Fosse himself, and lasts only 66 seconds. But it is the sequence that made critics take notice of the future award-winning choreographer and director.
d.
Produced and released prior to Pearl Harbor, the film oddly dances around blatant references to Nazi Germany. While the villain is decidedly Germanic, radio traffic is spoken in German and theres spoken references to spying, neither Germany or Nazis are ever overtly mentioned. The plot, described in the presskit describes the evil Dr. Sangre as "a secret agent for a European government." The powers at Monogram were probably acutely mindful of the problems independent producer
Ben Judell
encountered when trying to exhibit
Hitler - Beast of Berlin
two years earlier. That film was unable to pass local pro-Germany censorship boards and Judell went broke.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
Although he liked the idea of doing a cameo in the film as the hood who slits
Jack Nicholson
s nose,
Roman Polanski
was less thrilled about having to have his long hair cut off for his brief appearance in the film.
b.
The name of the vessel that played Milton Krests research vessel was the "J.W. Powell".
c.
Jack Nicholson
was considered for
Harrison Ford
s role.
d.
In the beginning scenes when Princess Mia is explaining what has gone on since the first movie she says that she and Michael have broken up and he is now touring with his band.
Robert Schwartzman
declined to do the sequel in order to focus on his band, Rooney, which was touring the country at the time the movie was being made.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
Director
John Sayles
was contractually obligated to a running time under two hours. To inspire the cast to talk fast, he showed them the film
City for Conquest
. The final cut of the film is 12 seconds under two hours.
b.
Hans Zimmer
composed eight new motifs including a new love theme for the films soundtrack. He scored scenes as the editors began work, so as to influence their choice of cutting to the music.
c.
Since this movie was shot without permits, the crew all wore UCLA t-shirts so they could pass themselves off as students learning how to film in the field.
d.
Extras during the wedding scene include
Doug Redenius
, a postman from Chicago, Illinois who owns one of the largest collections of Bond memorabilia, Sandi Sentell, a gym teacher from Atlanta, Georgia, who won a MTV/ VH1 competition to appear in the film (in the film, a bystander is seen wearing a VH1 t-shirt with the late 1980s logo design), and still photographer
Keith Hamshere
, as the wedding photographer.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Licence to Kill (1989)?
a.
Wayne Newton
: The Las Vegas performer played a small part, in a credited performance as a televangelist called Professor Joe Butcher. His character was a dig at televangelists at the time who had been exposed during the mid-1980s as being involved in extra-marital affairs and/or general promiscuity. Being in a Bond movie fulfilled Wayne Newtons dream.
b.
The Ministry archivist Colonel Invisible Jones is voiced by
Patrick Macnee
, who played the original John Steed.
c.
In the original Buck Rogers novelettes, Bucks enemy was the Han; in the comic strip, his enemy was the Mongols and later the Tiger Men of Mars. Neither of these impressive foes appeared in the serial - Kane was made the main villain. Bucks full name - not mentioned in the comic strip - is Anthony Rogers. Nowlan may have ordered it altered for length reasons.
d.
Estelle Getty
s last feature film.
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